A man can't walk after statin medication he took for his high cholesterol made him develop a rare muscle-weakening condition, he claims. Mark Freeman, 47, started taking the medication four years ago and had no problems until he started to struggled to get out of bed in the mornings.
He had fevers, muscle aches and temperatures at night and, over nine months, he lost his ability to walk, had to quit his job and now uses a wheelchair all the time. He has since been diagnosed with necrotizing myopathy - a rare autoimmune disease which causes chronic inflammation of the muscles and weakness.
Mark says doctors hope his symptoms can be managed by a plasma exchange - where the liquid part of his blood is removed and replaced. But for now he's too unwell to undergo the procedure.
